Updated: October 2, 2020 5:00:57 pm
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.
The leader of the BJP, Anupam Hazra, who had threatened to hug West Bengal’s Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, if infected with COVID-19, tested positive for the disease, health officials said.
Hazra, who was recently appointed national secretary of the saffron party, was admitted to a private hospital in Kolkata, they said.
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He had complained of discomfort and his samples were tested for coronavirus, the report of which came back positive, officials said.
Following his controversial statement, the Trinamool Congress had filed a police complaint against Hazra for defaming a public figure, who is a woman, thus violating the Constitution.
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